One of the things I love, and I'm a voracious reader as well as a writer, is books that surprise me, that are not predictable.

Will you make a song for him?' the woman asked. 'He has a song,' the man replied. 'He is the prince that was promised, and his is the song of ice and fire.

As much as I love historical fiction, my problem with historical fiction is that you always know what's going to happen.

If the novels are still being read in 50 years, no one is ever going to say: 'What's great about that sixth book is that he met his deadline!' It will be about how the whole thing stands up.

She had never loved him so much as she did in that instant.

Let me tell you something about wolves, child. When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies, but the pack survives. In winter, we must protect one another, keep each other warm, share our strengths. So if you must hate, Arya, hate those who would truly do us harm.

a man who hates music can’t be trusted, I always say.